Three more illustrators struck my fancy today: Tom Gauld for his brilliantly simple style coupled with an enviably sharp wit; Chhuy-ing ia (a.k.a. Ciia) for the broad, powerful stroke work on her vibrant characters; and Dan Park for his cross-processed-looking palette and intriguing narratives.
“Characters for an epic tale” (Tom Gauld)
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I’m starting a segment. I spend enough time on the internet seeking out work that makes me feel like a failure that I thought it’d do me some good to chronicle some of those findings. In this edition I’ve included some sites that cause me to remember the days when drawing was all I wished to do.
After recently peering into the trash can in my office/garage, I found disturbing evidence that I am eating way too many of these salty little treasures called sunflower seeds. Until a few months ago, it had been about fifteen years since I’d enjoyed them. One impulsively purchased bag later and I’m full blown smitten. So while I ride this salty wave of shell cracking euphoria, allow me to share some of my tips for successfully eating seeds in a gentlemanly fashion.
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I follow many designers and web developers on twitter and they have all overwhelmingly fawned over the iPad and it’s recent release. I, however, could not figure out one thing I would do on the iPad that I don’t already do with another medium/device. Though quite late to the party, I got an iPhone this past Christmas and love its features, but almost nothing I use it for is would be enhanced by a larger version. Sure, I could read books on an iPad, but I typically only read a little bit at night before bed – not exactly kindle material. No usb, no camera, no 3G (at least not yet), and no flash all left me thinking that, although beautiful and masterfully crafted, the iPad was not intended for a user like me. Then I saw an innocent video by designer Cameron Moll and my perspective completely changed. { …read on }
I’ve read different accounts about how, despite creating things for clients every day, it can be difficult for designers to actually roll something out for themselves. I’ve had various iterations of a portfolio site for myself, all of which would fall comfortably in the category of “lame and halfhearted”. Whether it came down to lack of skill, lack of motivation, or lack of necessity, in my eyes the end result always came up short. { …read on }
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